Name: Alain Ong
TTEC4849 Business Practice and Vehicle
Safety
Treaty
of Waitangi and Sustainability Worksheet
How does sustainability and freedom from pollution pertain to
the treaty?
Instructions: Read the Treaty and answer the questions below. This may be
used for theory classroom discussion.
HER MAJESTY VICTORIA Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland regarding with Her Royal Favour the Native Chiefs and Tribes of New
Zealand and anxious to protect their just Rights and Property and to secure to
them the enjoyment of Peace and Good Order has deemed it necessary in
consequence of the great number of Her Majesty's Subjects who have already
settled in New Zealand and the rapid extension of Emigration both from Europe
and Australia which is still in progress to constitute and appoint a
functionary properly authorised to treat with the Aborigines of New Zealand for
the recognition of Her Majesty's Sovereign authority over the whole or any part
of those islands – Her Majesty therefore being desirous to establish a
settled form of Civil Government with a view to avert the evil consequences which
must result from the absence of the necessary Laws and Institutions alike to
the native population and to Her subjects has been graciously pleased to
empower and to authorise me William Hobson a Captain in Her Majesty's Royal
Navy Consul and Lieutenant-Governor of such parts of New Zealand as may be or
hereafter shall be ceded to her Majesty to invite the confederated and
independent Chiefs of New Zealand to concur in the following Articles and
Conditions.
Article the first [Article 1]
The Chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes of New Zealand
and the separate and independent Chiefs who have not become members of the
Confederation cede to Her Majesty the Queen of England absolutely and without
reservation all the rights and powers of Sovereignty which the said
Confederation or Individual Chiefs respectively exercise or possess, or may be
supposed to exercise or to possess over their respective Territories as the
sole sovereigns thereof.
Article the second [Article 2]
Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the
Chiefs and Tribes of New Zealand and to the respective families and individuals
thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and
Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or
individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same
in their possession; but the Chiefs of the United Tribes and the individual
Chiefs yield to Her Majesty the exclusive right of Preemption over such lands
as the proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate at such prices as may be
agreed upon between the respective Proprietors and persons appointed by Her
Majesty to treat with them in that behalf.
Article the third [Article 3]
In consideration thereof Her Majesty the Queen of England extends to
the Natives of New Zealand Her royal protection and imparts to them all the
Rights and Privileges of British Subjects.
(signed) William Hobson, Lieutenant-Governor.
Now therefore We the Chiefs of the Confederation of the United
Tribes of New Zealand being assembled in Congress at Victoria in Waitangi and
We the Separate and Independent Chiefs of New Zealand claiming authority over
the Tribes and Territories which are specified after our respective names,
having been made fully to understand the Provisions of the foregoing Treaty,
accept and enter into the same in the full spirit and meaning thereof in
witness of which we have attached our signatures or marks at the places and the
dates respectively specified. Done at Waitangi this Sixth day of February in
the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Treaty from this site: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/node/4609
1. What part of the Treaty relates to pollution
and sustainability? Write the phrase that relates here: (If you can’t find it,
reread Article 2)
Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms
and guarantees to the Chiefs and
Tribes of New Zealand and to the respective
families and individuals thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession
of their Lands and Estates Forests Fisheries and other properties which they
may collectively or individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire
to retain the same in their possession.
2. What are ways that modern civilization could
pollute the land, the sea, or the air?
The growing population and its use of
machines, automobiles, aircraft, sea-craft can give off garbage, waste by-products which
is harmful to the environment.
The increasing need for production of more
goods can also affect the environment as resources are continuously being used
at a rate more than it can be reproduced.
Lands and air quality can also be damaged by activities such as
deforestation and area expansion and development.
3. What New Zealand legislation directs what
should happen about pollution? (You may need to do an internet search to find
this.) Record your answers here:
- Resource Management Act 1991
was devised to give guidelines on how to manage and protect resources that
would achieve sustainability and environmental safety.
- Section 15
- (1) No person is allowed to
discharge contaminants into the:
- (a) Water
(also waste that will lead to the land)
- (b) Land
(also land waste that will lead into the water)
- (c) Industrial
waste into the air
- (d)
Industrial waste into the land
Unless if
the discharge is approved having followed the guidelines of the national
environmental standard, other regulations, or a resource consent.
- (2) No person is allowed to
discharge contaminants in the air or land in a manner that violates the
national environmental standard unless the discharge:
- (a) is
allowed by other regulations
- (b) is
allowed by a resource consent
- (c) is
allowed in Section 20A (regional planning consent)
- (2A) No person is allowed to
discharge contaminants in the air or land in a manner that violates the
regional rule unless the discharge:
- (a) is
allowed by other regulations
- (b) is
allowed by a resource consent
- (c) is
allowed in Section 20A (regional planning consent)
- Land Transport Rule: Vehicle
Exhaust Emissions 2007 (rule 33001/2) was devised to improve air quality
by applying emission standards and restrictions on vehicles imported into
the country.
- Highlights:
- Used imported vehicles are
subject to a minimum emission standard to be able to be registered.
- Utilising the strict Japan
02/04 standard as a minimum requirement for diesel vehicle registration to
minimise registration of polluting diesel vehicles.
- Vehicles being imported will
be subjected to emissions tests before getting registered in New
Zealand.
- Vehicles and motorcycles must
be subjected to visible smoke tests during WoF and CoF inspections.
- Prohibition of the removal or
tampering with emission control devices of vehicles registered in New
Zealand.
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